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Last updated on November 14, 2024.
Nobody starts out evil - we know that. It's life circumstances that lead them to that.
If all the circumstances of acting are made to easy, then there's no grain of sand to make the pearl.
Prudence is the virtue by which we discern what is proper to do under various circumstances in time and place. — © John Milton
Prudence is the virtue by which we discern what is proper to do under various circumstances in time and place.
The only person you are fighting is yourself and your stubbornness to engage in new circumstances.
Gentlemen can now only behave as such, or be tolerated as such, in circumstances that are manifestly contrived or unreal.
You must bear in mind that each law is circumstantial. It does depend on the circumstances.
Difficulties elicit talents that in more fortunate circumstances would lie dormant.
Keep your eyes on Christ, not the circumstances you find yourself in or the feelings you are experiencing.
The most difficult thing about living as a writer is precisely 'having to write.' Pretending to be a writer is easy. Living freely, reading many books, going on frequent trips, cultivating minor eccentricities... but genuinely being a writer is difficult, because you have to write something that will convince both yourself and readers.
Art is not difficult because it wishes to be difficult, rather because it wishes to be art. However much the writer might long to be straightforward, these virtues are no longer available to him. He discovers that in being simple, honest, straightforward, nothing much happens.
shame should be reserved for the things we choose to do, not the circumstances that life puts on us
Life as a therapist is ruthless; circumstances that are helpful to one neurotic may crush another.
Do not wait for extraordinary circumstances to do good action; try to use ordinary situations. — © Jean Paul
Do not wait for extraordinary circumstances to do good action; try to use ordinary situations.
Spiritual realization is theoretically the easiest thing and in practice the most difficult thing there is. It is the easiest because it is enough to think of God. It is the most difficult because human nature is forgetfulness of God.
Making a million legally has always been difficult. Making a million illegally has always been a little easier. Keeping a million when you have made it is perhaps the most difficult of all.
Obviously the Asian American community wants you to do well. They are cheering you on no matter what the circumstances.
A merger is hard to pull off under any circumstances. It's harder when everybody is against you.
The commercialism of yoga, the commercialism of Ayurveda, the commercialism of guru-ism, is difficult. It's difficult because it confuses, it confuses the general populations as to what this is all about, but yet those of us who are trained within a certain tradition, who trained from the ancestral gene bank, so to speak, it is fine, it's not bothersome at all because we must live.
Intersectionality has given many advocates a way to frame their circumstances and to fight for their visibility and inclusion.
Develop a benovolent world view;look for the good in the people and circumstances around you.
A funny line can never exist on its own. It needs to be surrounded by mood and circumstances.
Envy lies between two beings equal in nature though unequal in circumstances.
Good teams, whatever the circumstances or the atmosphere or the pitch, find a way of playing.
The circumstances of the world are so variable that an irrevocable purpose or opinion is almost synonymous with a foolish one.
I like to take fictitious characters and circumstances and wedge them into a real world.
Due to circumstances beyond my control, I am master of my fate and captain of my soul.
I was not a messiah, but an ordinary man who had become a leader because of extraordinary circumstances.
There is a simple way to package information that, under the right circumstances, can make it irresistible. All you have to do is find it.
Events, circumstances, etc., have their origin in ourselves. They spring from seeds which we have sown.
Why is it that most things you might willingly do under other circumstances become distasteful when you have no choice?
When you extend your goodwill in every direction, regardless of circumstances, you begin to see that we are all one.
Life is never made unbearable by circumstances, but only by lack of meaning and purpose.
I am clearly vulnerable on the question of socializing under circumstances not appropriate for a married man.
It is not easy to surround life with any circumstances in which youth will not be delightful.
Most men are a little better than their circumstances give them a chance to be.
Indian higher education is completely regulated. It's very difficult to start a private university. It's very difficult for a foreign university to come to India. As a result of that, our higher education is simply not keeping pace with India's demands. That is leading to a lot of problems which we need to address.
True peace is a quality you carry within yourself, regardless of external circumstances.
Everyone can rise above their circumstances and achieve success if they are dedicated to and passionate about what they do. — © Nelson Mandela
Everyone can rise above their circumstances and achieve success if they are dedicated to and passionate about what they do.
I have a very difficult time believing that there is some being who is going to invite me into heaven or not on the basis of whether I wear a yarmulke or whether I have been sprinkled with water while someone said something. Some of the ritual is very beautiful, but I find it difficult to believe that it really has to do with God. I believe that dogma comes from man.
What is there unreasonable in admitting the intervention of a supernatural power in the most ordinary circumstances of life?
I think any great song is difficult to write, in some aspect. It's just difficult to make somebody feel something. That is the main goal. How do you make somebody want to get up and dance? How do you make somebody feel okay after their breakup?
Failures . . . believe that their lives are shaped by circumstances ... by things that happen to them ... by exterior forces.
When you're still in the broadcast business, you're still trying to reach tens of millions. You're trying to still aim for a broader audience, and I think that's a more difficult task to spread yourself across that audience, connect with them, as opposed to a very, very small, pinpointed audience. Difficult to do.
I've always thrived on getting a drive from different emotional circumstances that I'm going through.
The time to show up fully for life is right now, whatever the circumstances.
The main thing is to remain oneself, under any circumstances; that was and is our common purpose.
I am notorious for always having two beagles with me, in any and all circumstances.
May we be people of honesty and integrity trying to do the right thing at all times and in all circumstances. — © Thomas S. Monson
May we be people of honesty and integrity trying to do the right thing at all times and in all circumstances.
The music comes first. When Geoff has made something the inspiration comes automatically. His music is very expressive. But still is is a very difficult process: I have to add something to his music, not push it away. It has to be equal, and I find that very difficult.
[In many circumstances,] the most important thing about a proposition is not that it be true, but that it be interesting.
The whole gospel of Karl Marx can be summed up in a single sentence: Hate the man who is better off than you are. Never under any circumstances admit that his success may be due to his own efforts, to the productive contribution he has made to the whole community. Always attribute his success to the exploitation, the cheating, the more or less open robbery of others. Never under any circumstances admit that your own failure may be owing to your own weakness, or that the failure of anyone else may be due to his own defects - his laziness, incompetence, improvidence, or stupidity.
I've always been open to doing reality again. Just under certain circumstances.
No matter what circumstances, it's hard to be a parent and maintain a sense of self and identity in the world.
Happiness depends more on the inward disposition of mind than on outward circumstances.
When I'm faced with difficult times, I actually usually remember the golden rule: Do unto others as you would have them do unto you. This is a stark reminder on a very regular basis, because we have a lot of personalities here. Politics can be difficult. But I never forget that golden rule, and try to really empathize and understand where someone is coming from before I take action or I say something.
You can perceive life as tragic, or you can laugh at the tragedy of it and that turns it into comedy. It doesn't change the circumstances.
If life can emerge just from naturalistic circumstances, then God is out of a job.
To do great things is difficult; but to command great things is more difficult.
Any plan conceived in moderation must fail when the circumstances are set in extremes.
It's not difficult for me to stay healthy. I like healthy food. It's also become a lifestyle for me and I need a certain fitness level to be able to travel and have good skin and nails. If I ate worse then it would be difficult for me to keep up and it also wouldn't be so good for my looks either.
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